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Phone: 608-785-8513
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Staff
Contacts: The Government Information Public Services Librarian
has the primary responsibility for helping you identify,
locate, and use information available from government
sources. Research help in related areas such as
legal resources and statistics is
available as well. Individual consultations and
class presentations can also be arranged.
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Michael Current, Government Information Public
Services Librarian
785-8739, 25 Murphy (basement),
current.mich@uwlax.edu
The staff of the Documents unit is available to help
you locate government documents located in the basement of
Murphy Library.
Mary Baldwin, Documents Assistant
785-8513, 25 Murphy (basement), baldwin.mary@uwlax.edu
Heather Arnett, Student Assistant
When classes are in session, the Documents
office is generally staffed
Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Collection Highlights:
The Library Catalog includes
100% of Federal documents received
since 2004, about 90% of Federal
documents received from 1994-2004,
around 80% of Federal documents
received from 1976-1994, and a
handful of documents received from
1965-1975.
The Catalog also includes all Wisconsin documents
received since 1974.
Online government documents can
be accessed both through the
Library Catalog and through this
web site.
The
"tangible" documents collections
are located on the lower level/basement of the Murphy
Library Resource Center. Here are some highlights (by no means
complete!):
Govt Documents Reference (basement)
(shelved by LC
classification)
G122.U56
CIA World Factbook
HA202
Statistical Abstract of the United
States
HA17.D45
United Nations Demographic Yearbook
HC59.A169
Economic Report of the President
HF1041.5.N674
North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS)
HF5382.5.U5U5 Occupational
Outlook Handbook
HJ2051.A59
Budget of the U.S. Government
HV6787.A3
Crime in the U.S. (Uniform Crime
Reports)
JK6031 Wisconsin
Blue Book
KF90.S52 Shepard's
Acts and Cases by Popular Names
KF101.A212
United States Reports (U.S. Supreme
Court decisions), 1952-1957, 1964-
KFW2429.W57
Wisconsin Statutes
KFW2430 1957.A43
West's Wisconsin Statutes Annotated
KFW2435 1956.A27
Wisconsin Administrative Code
KFX1601.L2A35
City of La Crosse Municipal Code
L111.A82 Condition
of Education
L112.A35
Digest of Education Statistics
Z695.L695
Library of Congress Subject Headings
(LCSH)
MICROFICHE
Wisconsin State Census Records,
1836-1905 incomplete
MICROFICHE
U.S. Census Records for Wisconsin,
1840-1900 incomplete
Federal Govt Documents (basement)
(shelved by
SuDocs classification)
Federal Govt Documents Microfiche Cabinets
(basement) (shelved
by
SuDocs classification)
Govt Documents CD-ROM cabinets (basement)
(shelved by
SuDocs classification)
As of 12/13/05, Murphy Library selects 50% (3,641 of
7,271) of
Items available through the Federal
Depository Library Program.
Subject areas emphasized: Business,
Education, Health, Physical Education
and Recreation (mirroring the subject
strengths of UW-L).
Geographic areas emphasized:
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa.
Map Library (Geography &
Earth Science Dept., 207 Cowley Hall)
Over 40,000 topographic maps. Also, an
extensive collection of wall maps, a wide
variety of atlases, weather maps, soil and
vegetation maps, and economic maps of the
regional area and the world.
Wisconsin Govt Documents (basement)
(shelved by WiDocs
classification)
As a Limited
depository we receive approximately
two-thirds of state publications which, as
defined by the Wisconsin Statutes, are
distributed to libraries on the basis of
information content, public interest and
availability.
United Nations Documents (basement)
(shelved by LC
classification)
HA17.D45
United Nations Demographic Yearbook,
1959-
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